Great Britain,
1851, the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, obverse; QUEEN VICTORIA & PR. ALBERT, conjoined busts left, within a wreath of Laurel and oak, and a chain-link inner border, crown and crossed sceptres upon a cushion above, reverse; THE INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION / LONDON, 1851. View of the Crystal palace, crowds in foreground, in exergue; PROPOSED BY H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT / DESIGNED BY JOSEPH PAXTON ESQ. F.L.S., / ERECTED BY FOX, HENDERSON & Co. / LENGTH 1848 FEET, WIDTH 456 FEET, / HEIGHT OF PRINCIPAL ROOF 66 FEET, / HEIGHT OF TRANSEPT 108 FEET, / GLAZED SURFACE 900 000 SUP FEET, / OCCUPIES 18 ACRES / OF GROUND, / ESTIMATED VALUE £150,000., 51mm, whitemetal, by Allen & Moore, Allen-HP.B120, BHM-2419, Eimer-1460, Taylor-165k, VF, light blistering.
